I think that one of the interesting points of the book is that in a certain way the story shows how can one elude his responsabilities or sins, charging them to another (in that case, a picture), and live unworriedly and with total absence of moral.
Or, put in another way, we usualliy discharge in other people our mistakes (this case, Dorian discharge them on a picture).
Did anyone else notice how Lord Henry was Oscar Wilde in a sense?
I completely agree with you guys.
I love the moral of the story and how your mistakes in life shape you... even if it isn't externally. By the end of the book Dorian had lost all innocence even if the picture were to still be the way it was.
Sorry this has been kind of dead. I have a lot of excuses that honestly don't matter so yeah lol if you guys want to start it back up I definitely can now